UC Davis DVM/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program

项目摘要/摘要 几个国家研究委员会概述了培养和留住兽医科学家的明确需要 2004年、2005年和2013年的报告以及美国国立卫生研究院的医生-科学家劳动力报告 在2014年。招聘和留住高素质的生物医学科学家，特别是具有以下特点的临床科学家 DVM学位仍然是最具挑战性的问题之一，不仅面临着更广泛的研究 社区，但特别是全国各地的学术兽医项目。对此，加州大学戴维斯分校 兽医部于2000年启动了兽医科学家培训计划(VSTP)，第一期课程是 VSTP学生于2001年8月入学，成为全国第二个继续教育项目。 到目前为止，已有30名毕业生完成了VSTP项目，拥有DVM/博士学位。目前，VSTP计划 有17名学生，并录取了3名学生进入2019年的班级。我们的14名毕业生已经离开了 继续在学术界、政府机构和行业的领导生涯。12名刚毕业的学生仍在 DVM后住院医师和/或博士后培训的早期阶段。只有4名毕业生(13.3%)选择了 成为小动物从业者，但其中一人已表示要重返学术界。因此， 我们的VSTP毕业生使用他们的研究培训的比例超过80%。我们的使命是 让我们拥有双DVM-PHD学位的学生成为富有同情心和卓越的兽医- 科学家从事基础研究和转化研究，以促进人、动物和 环境。我们VSTP计划的目标是为临床和 在全国一流的兽医学院和麻省理工学院进行生物医学研究培训 农业和环境科学以及该大学国际公认的强大项目 生物科学、生物医学工程和人类医学。我们的大部分培训人员都参加了 在现有的促进合作和采用不同循证证据的中心和研究所 在个别实验室和校园通过最先进的设备解决科学问题的方法 共享设施。我们的VSTP计划举办了许多以学生为中心的活动，其中一些活动是联合 与我们医学院的医学博士项目一起组织，以创造一个比较独特的学习环境 医药。我们的学生是这个充满活力的环境不可或缺的一部分，并促进 通过他们的研究、外展和学生指导计划。我们的目标和预期结果 这笔T32培训补助金是为了：1)为我们所有的受训人员做好准备，使他们成为未来学术界、政府的领导者 服务和公共卫生，2)提供更多对学术界以外的职业道路的接触，3)保持 平均获得学位的时间(8年)，4)吸引和培养不同的双学位学生群体，5)增加 加州大学戴维斯分校培训的双学位学员人数从17人增加到24人。

Project Summary/Abstract A clear need to train and retain veterinary physician scientists is outlined by several National Research Council reports in 2004, 2005 and 2013 and by the National Institutes of Health Physician-Scientist Workforce Report in 2014. Recruitment and retention of highly qualified biomedical scientists, especially clinician-scientists with the DVM degree continues to be one of the most challenging issues facing not only the broader research community, but specifically academic veterinary programs around the country. In response, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine initiated the Veterinary Scientist Training Program (VSTP) in 2000 with the first class of VSTP students matriculated in August 2001, which has become the second continuing program in the nation. To date, 30 graduates have completed the VSTP program with dual DVM/PhD. Currently, the VSTP program has 17 students and admitted 3 students to the class entering in 2019. Fourteen of our graduates have gone on to leadership careers in academia, government agencies, and industry. 12 recent graduates are still at the early stage of their post-DVM residency and/or postdoctoral training. Only four graduates (13.3%) have chosen to become small animal practitioners, but one of them has indicated to return to academia. Thus, the percentage of our VSTP graduates who are using their research training is more than 80%. Our mission is to prepare our students with dual DVM-PhD degrees to become compassionate and exceptional veterinarian- scientists engaged in basic and translational research to advance the health of people, animals, and environment. The goal of our VSTP program is to provide an outstanding environment for both clinical and biomedical research training at the nation's top-ranked School of Veterinary Medicine and College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences along with the University's internationally-recognized strong programs in Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Human Medicine. Most of our training faculty participate in established Centers and Institutes that promote collaborations and employ diverse evidence-based approaches to solving scientific problems through state-of-the-art equipment in individual labs and campus shared facilities. Our VSTP program hosts a number of student-centered activities, some of which are jointly organized with our medical school MD/PhD program, to create a unique learning environment in comparative medicine. Our students are an integral part of this dynamic environment and promote the excellence of the program through their research, outreach and student mentoring. Our objectives and intended outcomes for this T32 training grant are to: 1) prepare all of our trainees to become future leaders in academia, government service and public health, 2) provide greater exposure to career paths outside academia, 3) maintain the average time (8 years) to degree, 4) attract and train a diverse group of dual degree students, and 5) increase the number of dual degree trainees in training at UC Davis from 17 to 24.